Ambassador

DR. RAHMATULLOZODA Erkinkhon
Date and place of birth:
May 10th, 1953, Isfara, Tajikistan.
Educational and training programs:
1974 English-Arabic department of Oriental Languages Faculty of the Tajik State University
1988 Advanced Training Courses for staff management of the USSR Diplomatic Academy.

Professional experience:

1974-1976 High school teacher;
1977-1980 Interpreter, Embassy of the USSR to the Arab Republic of Egypt;
1980-1986 Officer, Council of Ministers of Tajik SSR;
1986-1990 Principal Advisor (Deputy Minister) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Tajik SSR;
1990-1992 Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Tajik SSR / Republic of Tajikistan;
1992-2001 First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan;
2001-2014 State Advisor to the President of the Republic of Tajikistan for foreign policy;
2014 – January 2016 Assistant to the President of the Republic of Tajikistan for foreign policy;
January 27, 2016 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Tajikistan to the Kingdom of Belgium, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Tajikistan to the European Union and NATO.

Diplomatic rank:

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

Decorations:

Order of “Sharaf” the 1st degree, the Republic of Tajikistan
Order ” Le Merite” of the French Republic
Medal “From the grateful people of Afghanistan”
A number of commemorative medals of the Republic of Tajikistan Two gold medals of the Islamic Organization for Science, Culture and Education ( ISESCO)
Honored Worker of the Republic of Tajikistan

Doctor (Political Sciences)

Publications:

“UN Peacekeeping in Tajikistan and prospects for Preventive Diplomacy in Central Asia” (Moscow, 2001)
«Islamic Civilization in Tajikistan” (Rabat, Maroc, 2003)
“United Nations Peacekeeping and Preventive Diplomacy: Central Asia, Tajikistan and Afghanistan” (UN University for peace, Costa-Rica, 2006), (used as a textbook at the University of Peace)
“Preventive diplomacy: panacea or mirage?” (Moscow, 2007), (used as a textbook at the Moscow Lomonosov State University)
Marital status:
Married, with five children